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Critters is 22!

Yes, 21 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much
to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!

Books from Critters!

Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow
Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.

New Book from a Critter Member

**NOW IN
PRINT EDITION
TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member whose unearthed a shard of The Secret
to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work.
"...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM

P&E Seeks New Caretaker

Unfortunately, much of the data on the P&E site has become stale and outdated, and needs a new caretaker with the time required to update the site. The listings are being removed until they can be updated by a new caretaker.

If you are interested in taking the reins of P&E, and possess what's needed —
at least 20hrs/week to volunteer, excellent investigative skills, in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry, ability to detect scams from not-scams, thick skin, good web site skills, good writing ability — please get in touch. Thanks for your interest!

Interviewed!

I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th
birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time)
show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has
streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done,
you can listen on the site]

Free Web Sites

ReAnimus Acquires Advent!

ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent
Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will
continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was
founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes
of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc"
Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been
finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook
and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!

Network speeding up

I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network
because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes
learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any
prolonged outages you see.

Preditors & Editors Changeover

With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at
pred-ed.com.

Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced

See important details
here in my blog.Let me know
if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available
for this week, FYI.)

Book Recommendation

Announcing ReAnimus Press

If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher
started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a
12% Affiliate program.)
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FEATURED BOOK

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